Trade Balance

HC Deb 15 March 1989 vol 149 cc246-7W

75. Mr. Wilson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects Britain's trade balance to be in surplus.

Mr. Major

The Financial Statement and Budget Report for 1989–90 published on 14 March 1989 provides forecasts of the visible trade balance for 1989 and the current acount balance for 1989 and the first half of 1990. Forecasts for later years are not published.